Devs, can we please have a response?

[Canadane]

Things we KNOW:
They didn't originally plan to have alt genders for the 2 new races.

I was under the understanding Hrothgar was the only planned race that initially made it outside concept, but then they decided to do Viera as well. So Viera took the female slot of Hrothgar.

And, I don't know why they were surprised about the reaction, given the fiasco of genderlocking Roe and Miquote in 1.0.

Probably because there was no fiasco at all. Almost nobody had an issue with it. It was the same selection of races and genders that existed in XI, which also next to nobody had an issue with.

[Crushnight]

Can we please not keep making threads about this i'm pro genders and i am getting sick and tired of threads demanding a response asap >_> let them work on 5.0 they have plenty to do when we get a response(vague as it would probably be) then bring on the threads. The longest you would be waiting for would be close to 5.1 if they haven't responded by then they aren't doing it.

[Beki_Bayaqad]

Probably because there was no fiasco at all. Almost nobody had an issue with it. It was the same selection of races and genders that existed in XI, which also next to nobody had an issue with.

Slightly incorrect, as a from launch veteran of XI, I can confidently say that there was a desire, not a demand but a simple desire, for male Mithra. and we finally got one as an NPC in Wings of the Goddess expansion... and... Fans were *perfectly fine* with the lone male Mithra to stay as an NPC since by the time that the team finally finalized what they looked like, the game was *too big* to add them in to the meta without taking upwards of three years worth of work for animations and gear texturing.

Now I need to repeat this, there was a desire for male mithra, but there wasn't a demand, people thought the idea of having a cat boy to be a novel idea that would be nice to have, but knew that the addition would be a monstrous task and were perfectly content with never getting to play as them.

[Krotoan]

I was under the understanding Hrothgar was the only planned race that initially made it outside concept, but then they decided to do Viera as well. So Viera took the female slot of Hrothgar.

I'm referring to once it was finalized and under development as "Original". I didn't really pay much attention before anything was "announced" since I didn't care what the new race was, I just wanted more stuff.